Bills in the 2023 Regular Session, Senate.
Kayse Jama
Sponsored
Became law3
Allows otherwise qualified person who becomes United States citizen less than 251 days before date of primary election to file for and be elected to office of precinct committeeperson, if person registers as member of major political party by filing deadline.
Makes restorative justice communications confidential.
Allows residential landlord and tenant to agree to provide written notices by electronic mail and allow landlord to refund moneys by electronic means.
Out of committee4
Allows affordable housing on lands zoned for commercial uses within urban growth boundaries.
Requires professional licensing boards to provide culturally responsive training to specified staff members, publish guidance on pathways to professional authorization for internationally educated individuals and waive requirement for English proficiency examination for specified internationally educated individuals.
Establishes Task Force on Innovative and Cost-Effective Housing to study promotion of innovative and cost-effective housing types.
Provides that driver licenses and identification cards expire eight years after date of issuance.
In committee10
Directs Oregon Health Authority to implement website with functionality to provide online scheduling portal for health care providers that participate in medical assistance to use to contact health care interpreters directly and to process billing.
Allows local governments, and during emergency period allows Governor or certain agencies, to abate waste, graffiti and vandalism associated with homelessness and other factors.
Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Housing and Community Services Department for grants for air conditioning in multifamily affordable housing.
Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Oregon Department of Administrative Services for grants to cities to remove graffiti and vandalism.
Makes unlawful practice for employer or employment agency to advertise job, promotion or transfer opportunity without disclosing pay range and employment benefits in job posting.
Requires Department of Revenue to study use of tax increment financing revenue received by urban renewal agency to finance infrastructure outside urban renewal area to compensate for displacement of persons by urban renewal agency's projects within area.
Disallows, for purposes of personal income taxation, mortgage interest deduction for residence other than taxpayer's principal residence, unless taxpayer sells residence or actively markets residence for sale.
Requires Housing and Community Services Department to study housing.
Requires Department of Land Conservation and Development to study land use.
Authorizes cities to include modifications to system development charges in housing productions strategy.
Carried from the House
Became law6
Establishes Oregon Housing Needs Analysis in Oregon Department of Administrative Services.
Amends Oregon Housing Needs Analysis and land use requirements for local governments related to urbanization.
Requires hospitals to file certain reports showing demographics of hospitals' workforces with Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor and Industries for posting to Bureau of Labor and Industries' website.
Requires entity that receives funds for certain workforce program initiatives to establish wage standards and develop training plan for individuals who participate in program administered by entity if, under program, entity provides individuals with paid work experience.
Allows affordable housing on lands zoned for commercial uses within urban growth boundaries.
Expands landlord guarantee program to include landlords providing housing to tenants who have received rental assistance under specified rehousing initiative.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 12
Directs Department of Revenue to develop schedule allowing personal income taxpayers to voluntarily report taxpayers' self-identified race and ethnicity identifiers.
Expands composition of Oregon Health and Science University Board of Directors to include one member of faculty and one member of nonfaculty staff as voting members of board.
Requires owner or operator of municipal solid waste incinerator to develop plan for continuous monitoring or sampling of specified emissions for 12 consecutive months.
Modifies applicability of earned reduction of supervision changes in House Bill 2172 (2021).
Requires landlord to allow dwelling to be used as family child care home, subject to conditions.
Establishes Task Force on Modernizing Grant Funding and Contracting.
Caps annual rent increases for residential tenancies.
Requires health benefit plan and health care service contract coverage of pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders associated with streptococcal infections and pediatric acute-onset neuropsychiatric syndrome.
Modifies abbreviated school day program requirements.
Appropriates moneys from General Fund to support implementation of AgriStress Helpline in Oregon.
Authorizes board of directors of rural fire protection district to annex to district, under certain circumstances, lands that are within coverage area of district.
Establishes Universal Health Plan Governance Board.
Passed the Senate · 1
Prohibits state from paying costs of travel to or from Oregon for employee in state service who telecommutes from principal worksite more than 60 miles outside this state, unless collective bargaining agreement provides otherwise or essential requirements of position make it necessary for employee to telecommute from outside this state.
Out of committee · 15
Establishes Task Force on Occupational Licensing.
Establishes youth advisory council.
Establishes Indian Health Scholarship Program to provide free tuition and fees for qualifying Indian health profession students in exchange for student commitment to work at tribal service site after graduation.
Prohibits denial of medical assistance on basis that individual under 19 years of age is in detention pending adjudication.
Establishes policy of State of Oregon related to reducing number and intensity of wildfires.
Requires Department of Human Services to administer program to provide medical assistance to employed individuals with disabilities without regard to individuals' income or resources.
Allows persons convicted of felony to register to vote, update voter registration and vote in elections while incarcerated.
Establishes Food for All Oregonians Program in Department of Human Services to provide nutrition assistance to residents of this state who would qualify for federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program but for immigration status or lack of Social Security number.
Appropriates moneys to Oregon Department of Administrative Services for distribution to Pueblo Unido PDX for facilitating creation of certain language proficiency evaluations.
Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Oregon Department of Administrative Services for purposes of deposit in Universal Representation Fund.
Establishes Universal Health Plan Governance Board and directs board to create comprehensive plan for implementing Universal Health Plan .
Establishes Task Force on Reparations and directs task force to study and develop proposals for financial and nonfinancial reparations for Oregonians of African-American descent, develop appropriate methods for educating public about task force findings and recommend appropriate remedies based on task force findings.
Prohibits landlords from denying application for tenancy based on certain rental or financial screening or admissions criteria if applicant is refugee from Ukraine.
Modifies definition of "employment relations" to exclude standards, requirements or procedures relating to body-worn cameras for purposes of law enforcement officer collective bargaining.
Provides that maximum loading weight of motorboat means factory-specified dry gross weight of motorboat.
In committee · 8
Permits contracting agency to grant preference to procuring for public use goods or services that are provided by nonprofit organization incorporated, organized, formed or created for charitable purpose under laws of this state, if goods or services cost not more than 10 percent more than goods or services available from contractor that is not nonprofit organization.
Directs Oregon Criminal Justice Commission to convene advisory council to consider policy implications of identifying specific crimes for which conviction is disqualifying conviction for individuals seeking licensure or registration from Teacher Standards and Practices Commission or seeking employment or contract with school district.
Creates Commission for Indigenous Communities.
Discontinues return of surplus revenue refunds to taxpayers.
Creates Commission for Original Peoples from South America, Central America and Mexico.
Provides that constructing child care facility within project for affordable housing does not subject project for affordable housing to prevailing wage requirements if child care facility meets specified requirements.
Requires licensed hospitals to include in hospital's discharge policy specified procedures for discharge of homeless patients.
Establishes Semiconductor and Advanced Manufacturing Talent Grant program.